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lorenmj

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I enjoy creating worlds with long histories for other to play
« on: November 06, 2017, 08:18:14 am »

If it is useful to anyone, I enjoy creating a large world with a long history 1000+ years to play in. These take hours to build, but I love the random histories and legends.

I thought I would post one and see if anyone might enjoy playing in it without having to spend hours generating it.

This first one is called "Aluorid - The Windy Universe." It is a very Earthlike world in its continents with a great mix of biomes. I have fully generated all of the bitmaps for the world, including drainage, savagery, structures/towns/roads.

Here is a picture of the world:
https://imgur.com/kCsdLQL

Free download:
https://rg.to/file/00636b72a08349e4d0b446be8cbd62e6/Aluorid-The_Windy_Universe.zip.html

Installation:
Put the zip in your Dwarf Fortress main directory (where data folder exists) and unzip. It will unzip the maps in your DF directory and the save should be under data/save/Aluorid-The_Windy_Universe

Feedback? Reply and let me know how it goes.
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Re: I enjoy creating worlds with long histories for other to play
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2017, 10:26:44 pm »

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The Windy Universe

FLASHBACK INTENSIFIES

But yeah, cool project. How long does it take to gen?
Btw, dwarf fortress has its own file sharing site to upload DF things - http://dffd.bay12games.com/ - most of us use that instead of other file sharing sites.

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Re: I enjoy creating worlds with long histories for other to play
« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2017, 08:34:15 am »

"Well, huh, that's many conquered goblin sites and guess humans rule the world. Kinda lacking in embarks closest to dark forts, where's the...huh?"

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What happened here? Got conquered by humans or dwarves, but no road back to original settlement?

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Re: I enjoy creating worlds with long histories for other to play
« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2017, 01:08:48 pm »

I've created a few more.

Boldolramul - The Cyclopean Plane
Year 1050

world_map:
https://imgur.com/r9UzHEp

World Download:
Boldolramul-The_Cyclopean_Plane.zip


Feedback welcome. Have a few more to post.
« Last Edit: November 07, 2017, 01:43:40 pm by lorenmj »
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Re: I enjoy creating worlds with long histories for other to play
« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2017, 01:13:46 pm »

Elathu Inala - The Domain of Portent
Year 1050

World Map:
http://i.imgur.com/ddjCvPK.jpg

Download:
Elathu_Inala-The_Domain_of_Portent.zip
« Last Edit: November 07, 2017, 01:23:07 pm by lorenmj »
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Re: I enjoy creating worlds with long histories for other to play
« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2017, 01:22:33 pm »

Strasp Sagus - The Planets of Dawning
Year 1050

World Map:
https://imgur.com/r9UzHEp

Download:
Strasp_Sagus-The_Planets_of_Dawning.zip
« Last Edit: November 07, 2017, 01:44:47 pm by lorenmj »
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Re: I enjoy creating worlds with long histories for other to play
« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2017, 01:30:13 pm »

Slozgo Tosnung - The Universe of Cyclones
Year 1050

World Map:
https://imgur.com/a/9Zsm5

World Download:
Slozgo_Tosnung-The_Universe_of_Cyclones.zip
« Last Edit: November 07, 2017, 01:45:12 pm by lorenmj »
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lorenmj

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Re: I enjoy creating worlds with long histories for other to play
« Reply #7 on: November 07, 2017, 05:56:21 pm »

Another one today:

Nitom Niral - The Planets of Portent
Year 1050

World map:
WorldMap

World Download:
Nitom_Niral-The_Planets_of_Portent.zip

« Last Edit: November 07, 2017, 05:58:03 pm by lorenmj »
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Salmeuk

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Re: I enjoy creating worlds with long histories for other to play
« Reply #8 on: November 08, 2017, 09:33:17 pm »

Hey, thanks for these! What settings do you use to gen these worlds? Such as mineral scarcity, titan counts, savagery levels, etc.
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lorenmj

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« Reply #9 on: November 09, 2017, 03:16:01 pm »

Hey, thanks for these! What settings do you use to gen these worlds? Such as mineral scarcity, titan counts, savagery levels, etc.

I copy the default settings that appear under LARGE REGION, but I rename it to LARGE so that scripts don't tank.

The original generation takes about 2-3 hours, then it is sort of a manual process to get the resource maps. Usually another hour, though mostly that's me being away from the keyboard and coming back later to generate another one. I do this in legends mode.

Thanks for the feedback!
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Re: I enjoy creating worlds with long histories for other to play
« Reply #10 on: November 09, 2017, 09:54:36 pm »

I've created a few more.

Boldolramul - The Cyclopean Plane
Year 1050

world_map:
https://imgur.com/r9UzHEp
The link here says "Strasp Sagus - The Planets of Dawning" as the heading.

Or is this the real Strasp Sagus?  https://imgur.com/gallery/sMNC9l6

Anyway, since, ummm,  I'm not downloading Boldolramul, and I'm a curious person... does it have lots and lots of Cyclopses running around?
Or is the name because of a Cyclops-shaped landmass?  (I am imagining I see that, at least.  Like when you see things in the shape of a cloud.)

I like that someone is doing this.  :)
Also, I really like the world name "Elathu Inala."
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Re: I enjoy creating worlds with long histories for other to play
« Reply #11 on: June 16, 2020, 01:05:24 pm »

I did not play the world so I can't speak for the prevalence of our 1 eyed brethren. That might tease out in the legends mode. Do cyclops gather as a civ? Is that even possible?
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